AUBURN, Alabama -- Whatever the role's called, the sometimes H-back, sometimes tight end role in the hurry-up, no-huddle offense probably has to be the scheme's most versatile.

Depending on the formation, the H-backs and tight ends in Gus Malzahn's scheme could be doing completely different things from one snap to the next.

"You'd like for the H-back to play fullback, play tight end, can spread
out and catch the ball," tight ends coach Scott Fountain said. "And those guys are really hard to find."

But the Tigers' coaching staff believes Auburn has the personnel to bring that kind of versatility to the offense. For starters, Jay Prosch offers some abilities that Malzahn didn't have in his three years on the Plains as offensive coordinator.

Auburn's running game is built around a two-back attack, and there's a need for a prototypical fullback to open holes in a running game built around Wing-T and power principles.

"Jay Prosch brings a different dimension to the game in the sense that
we really feel like he's a big-time blocker," Fountain said. "But he's also a guy that can catch
the ball, so he can do a lot of in-the-box stuff for us, but also do things on
the edge as well."

Outside of Prosch, the rest of Auburn's candidates for the role are cut from the traditional tight end role, players like Brandon Fulse, C.J. Uzomah and redshirt freshman Ricky Parks.

At times, both Prosch and one of the tight ends may line up in the same formation, with Prosch playing fullback and a tight end on the line of scrimmage.

"Those guys could both be on the field together," Fountain said. "I think that position's
a unique position, and sometimes you're going to have a Jay Prosch and a
Brandon Fulse, C.J. Uzomah out there."

Uzomah, of course, offers the most versatility as a player who was considered an inside receiver in Malzahn's offense as a freshman, then made the move to tight end and showed flashes of production following Philip Lutzenkirchen's injury last year.

Auburn plans to use Uzomah in both roles this season.

"He's a guy we think that is going to have a chance to do some of that,
do some stuff at receiver, but also do some tight-end stuff, which is hard to
find those kind of guys," Fountain said. "Two-three years ago, that's kind of what we thought he
could be, a guy who could do both."

-- This is the fifth offensive installment in a series looking at Auburn's hurry-up, no-huddle offense. Click this link -- 2013 Auburn analysis -- for last week's look at the defense.